Mondays, noon - 2:00 pm ET, Mandorichard plays bluegrass, old-time, and western swing on WNHU, broadcasting from the University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, at 88.7 FM and on the WNHU stream at www.wnhu.net. The show usually repeats online Thursdays, 10pm-midnight ET, on the WNHU2 stream at www.wnhu.net.

July 30, 2012

Here's this week's playlist. This week's show features tracks from artists appearing at the Podunk Bluegrass Festival, some of the songs I voted for in recent Top Bluegrass Songs polls, and some of my favorite tracks from recent old-time releases.

Top Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 7/22/12

I love summer--so many great new CDs come out as artists go on the festival circuit. In particular, two new CDs caught my attention this month: Rhonda Vincent's Sunday Mornin' Singin' and Bob Amos's Borrowed Time. Because when I heard Bob Amos's "Where the Wild River Rolls" I immediately bought the entire CD on line, that song gets my vote as number one this month. Rhonda Vincent's "Blue Sky Cathedral" is a great Gospel song that I've been telling people about all month. Two great songs: getting my vote for number one and number two.